Happy Ending For Dog Left To Starve In Shed

July 30th, 2008

Halifax Courier:

…Three-year-old Tony was found barely alive after being locked up without food or water for five weeks in Geoffrey Abel’s Mixenden shed. He had lost 70 per cent of his body weight…

Horror As Cat Suffers Acid Attack

July 30th, 2008

This Is Leicestershire:

An eight-week-old kitten was dumped in the street and left to die in agony after being covered in toxic chemicals.

The tomcat’s appalling injuries included four broken feet, a broken tail and horrendous burns caused by the chemical substance poured over his body…

Shame Of London’s Animal Cruelty

July 30th, 2008

According to the London Daily News - with nearly 100 people convicted last year – the capital is the 4th worst area in the UK for animal cruelty.

Dog abuse is up a third in London. Horrifyingly, a new trend is emerging where owners cut off their dogs’ ears to make them look more menacing.

Read more here 

Chef Gordon Ramsay Under Fire For ‘Puffin Murder’

July 30th, 2008

Telegraph:

Ramsay travelled to Iceland to “sky-fish” for the seabirds.

He caught one puffin in a net – viewers saw it bite his face as it struggled to get free. A hunter then snapped the bird’s neck before Ramsay pulled out its heart, which he ate raw. The Michelin-starred chef later rustled up a dish of barbecued puffin with cucumber salad…

Pets Need Sunscreen Too Says Blue Cross

July 30th, 2008

Glee:

Animal welfare charity The Blue Cross has issued a warning to pet owners to use suncream to protect animals from skin cancer as temperatures rise. It is hoped the warning will increase awareness of the dangers and could help to boost sales of specialist products in pet stores…

Naturewatch Campaign For Animal Alternatives

July 30th, 2008

Naturewatch are campaigning against hugely profitable  companies that do not promote alternatives to animal testing. They are asking the public to send letters to the following multi-nationals urging them to participate in the ‘European Partnership For Animal Alternatives’.

Wyeth Europa Limited

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly and Company Limited

Boehringer Ingelheim Limited

Schering-Plough Limited

Naturewatch have made the task easy for us by providing 5 pdf’s to be printed out, signed and posted.

Link to pdf’s here

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